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Noun age has 5 senses
- age - how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
--1 is a kind of property
--1 has particulars:
- historic period, age - an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"
--2 is a kind of era, epoch
--2 is a part of history
--2 has particulars:
- age, eld - a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
--3 is a kind of time of life
--3 is a part of life, lifetime, lifespan
--3 has particulars:
- old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
--4 is a kind of time of life
--4 has parts:
--4 has particulars: dotage, second childhood, senility
- long time, age, years - a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
--5 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--5 has particulars:
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